URUGUAY-PROTEST/(01 of13)
Open Image ModalA woman with a tear painted on her cheek participates in a demonstration against gender violence in Montevideo, Uruguay, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (credit:Andres Stapff / Reuters)
ARGENTINA-CRIME/PROTESTS(02 of13)
Open Image ModalA woman carries a sign that reads \"Not another (woman) less\" on her umbrella during a demonstration to demand policies to prevent gender-related violence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (credit:Marcos Brindicci / Reuters)
ARGENTINA-CRIME/PROTESTS(03 of13)
Open Image ModalActivists take part in a march to protest violence against women and the murder of a 16-year-old girl in a coastal town of Argentina last week, at Revolucion monument, in Mexico City, Mexico, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (credit:Edgard Garrido / Reuters)
ARGENTINA-CRIME/PROTESTS(04 of13)
Open Image ModalActivists take part in a march to protest violence against women and the murder of a 16-year-old girl in a coastal town of Argentina last week, at Revolucion monument, in Mexico City, Mexico, October 19, 2016. The sign reads, \"Not one more\". REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (credit:Edgard Garrido / Reuters)
ARGENTINA-CRIME/PROTESTS(05 of13)
Open Image ModalActivists take part in a march to protest violence against women and the murder of a 16-year-old girl in a coastal town of Argentina last week, at Revolucion monument, in Mexico City, Mexico, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (credit:Edgard Garrido / Reuters)
ARGENTINA-CRIME/PROTESTS(06 of13)
Open Image ModalAn activist takes part in a protest against violence against women, and of the murder of a 16-year-old girl in a coastal town of Argentina last week, at Angel de la Independencia monument, in Mexico, Mexico, October 19, 2016. The words read, \"He said he loved me\". REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (credit:Edgard Garrido / Reuters)
Argentina Gender Violence(07 of13)
Open Image ModalWomen demonstrate against gender violence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Argentines are marching in Buenos Aires to condemn violence against women in a protest that is being followed in other Latin American countries. Wednesday\'s demonstration comes after the recent rape and brutal killing of a 16-year-old girl. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Argentina Gender Violence(08 of13)
Open Image ModalWomen demonstrate against gender violence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Argentines are marching in Buenos Aires to condemn violence against women in a protest that is being followed in other Latin American countries. Wednesday\'s demonstration comes after the recent rape and brutal killing of a 16-year-old girl. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Guatemala Gender Violence(09 of13)
Open Image ModalAn activist chants slogans during a demonstration to protest violence against women in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Women across Latin America participated in protests in response to the shocking rape and killing of a teenage girl on Oct. 8 in Argentina. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
CHILE-VIOLENCE-WOMEN-PROTEST(10 of13)
Open Image ModalWomen take part in a march in Santiago on October 19, 2016, to protest against violence against women and in solidarity for the brutal killing of a 16-year-old girl in Mar del Plata, Argentina last week.\nThe killing, in which the high school student was allegedly raped and impaled on a spike by drug dealers, is just the latest incident of horrific gender violence in Argentina, which has seen more than a year of mass marches to protest brutality against women. / AFP / CLAUDIO REYES (Photo credit should read CLAUDIO REYES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CLAUDIO REYES via Getty Images)
Demonstration against femicides - Ni Una Menos(11 of13)
Open Image ModalBRAZIL, SAO PAULO - OCTOBER 19: Women take part in a one-hour \'women\'s strike\' on October 19, 2016, Sao Paulo, Brazil, to protest against violence against women and in solidarity for the brutal killing of LucÃa Pérez, a 16-year-old Argentine girl who was raped and murdered by drug dealers in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This demonstration echoes \'Ni Una Menos\' (Not one women less) movement, originated in Argentina (Photo by: Cris Faga/Latincontent/Getty (credit:Cris Faga/CON via Getty Images)
Demonstration against femicides - Ni Una Menos(12 of13)
Open Image ModalBRAZIL, SAO PAULO - OCTOBER 19: Women take part in a one-hour \'women\'s strike\' on October 19, 2016, Sao Paulo, Brazil, to protest against violence against women and in solidarity for the brutal killing of LucÃa Pérez, a 16-year-old Argentine girl who was raped and murdered by drug dealers in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This demonstration echoes \'Ni Una Menos\' (Not one women less) movement, originated in Argentina. (Photo by: Cris Faga/Latincontent/Getty Images). (credit:Cris Faga/CON via Getty Images)
Demonstration against femicides - Ni Una Menos(13 of13)
Open Image ModalBRAZIL, SAO PAULO - OCTOBER 19: Women take part in a one-hour \'women\'s strike\' on October 19, 2016, Sao Paulo, Brazil, to protest against violence against women and in solidarity for the brutal killing of LucÃa Pérez, a 16-year-old Argentine girl who was raped and murdered by drug dealers in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This demonstration echoes \'Ni Una Menos\' (Not one women less) movement, originated in Argentina (Photo by: Cris Faga/Latincontent/Getty (credit:Cris Faga/CON via Getty Images)